Moscow Zero (2006)

Director:

María Lidón

Writer:

Adela Ibañez

Release Date:

19 March 2007 (Portugal)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

A Film By Luna.

Plot:

In Moscow, the priest Owen hires a team to guide him in the underworld to find his friend Sergei that is missing while researching the legend about the existence of demons and an entrance to hell beneath the city.

Plot Keywords:

Underground | Catacomb | Priest | Hell | Starts With Prophecy

Cast

Vincent Gallo	...	Father Owen
Oksana Akinshina	...	Lyuba
Val Kilmer	...	Andrey
Rade Serbedzija	...	Sergey
Joaquim de Almeida	...	Yuri
Julio Perillán	...	Alec Miller
Alex O'Dogherty	...	Pavel
Paloma Terriente	...	Sombra
Joss Ackland	...	Tolstoy
Sage Stallone	...	Vassily
Roman Shamko	...	Ksiel
Borja Romaniv	...	Asbeel
Alejandro Horeyda	...	Ksiel's Group Member
Juan Carlos Guerrero	...	Ksiel's Group Member
Ekaterina Vovenko	...	Ksiel's Group Member
Marilo Muñoz	...	Dark Old Woman
Alina Litvak	...	Miss Pushkina
Alejandro Martinez	...	Lyuba's Watchman
Fernando Guerrero	...	Outcast
Andrés Bernal	...	Red Cross Outcast
Franco Calvano	...	Vassily's Companion (as Franco Calvano 'Cain')
Sergio Garcia-Dils de la Vega	...	Tolstoy's Companion
Guillermo Aguado	...	Andrey's Bodyguard
Fernando Bermejo	...	Andrey's Bodyguard
Roman Karpoukhine	...	Andrey's Bodyguard
Josefa Gil	...	Square's Old Woman
Nelly Borshchovo	...	Orthodox Nun
Ludmyla Boychuk	...	Orthodox Nun
Viktoria Kisternaia	...	Novodevichy's Abbess
Raquel Pérez	...	Sister Natalia

Directed by
María Lidón		(as Luna)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Adela Ibañez

Produced by
Dolo Magan	....	producer
Jose Magan	....	producer
Jose Magan Perez	....	line producer

Cinematography by
Ricardo Aronovich

Film Editing by
Elena Ruiz

Casting by
Dean E. Fronk
Donald Paul Pemrick

Art Direction by
Nieves Monterde

Costume Design by
Queca Sainz

Makeup Department
Eva Quilez	....	assistant makeup artist
Sagra Ramos	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Manolo Limón	....	unit production manager
Jose Magan Perez	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Guillermo Aguado	....	second assistant director
Alejandro Martinez	....	second assistant director
Francesc Prat	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Vanesa de la Haza	....	property master

Sound Department
David Calleja	....	sound mixer
David Calleja	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ferran Mengod	....	sound mixer
Oriol Tarragó	....	supervising sound editor
Kiku Vidal	....	foley artist
David Álvarez	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Fidel Pérez	....	special effects production

Visual Effects by
David Martínez	....	visual effects artist
Quico Noizeux	....	digital compositor
Sandra Picher	....	visual effects coordinator
Gabriel Sitjas	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Carlos Cañal	....	video assist
Jordi Joaní	....	gaffer
Josep Llopart	....	electrician
Alex Narváez	....	electrician
Cristian Vega	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Jennifer Lurey	....	casting assistant
Alejandro Martinez	....	assistant casting coordinator

Editorial Department
Jorge Macaya	....	assistant editor
Laura Sanchez	....	film scanner

Music Department
Marc Blanes Matas	....	music mixer

Transportation Department
Graeme Harrison	....	driver
Paco Marbella	....	driver
Alex Molina	....	driver
Ernesto Rodríguez	....	driver
Manolo Volando	....	driver

Other crew
Guillermo Aguado	....	location scout
Pablo Carrera	....	accountant
Pablo Carrera	....	executive production assistant
Sara Garcia	....	runner
Sergio Garcia-Dils de la Vega	....	location scout
Amparo Gozalvo	....	location scout: Andalucia
Silvia Haro	....	director assistant
Cela Ortega	....	sales manager
Ekaterina Ozhogina	....	transcriptor
Txerra Soria	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Valentia Pictures (Lead Producer)
• Nephilim Producciones

Distributors

• Metropolitan Filmexport (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Valentia Pictures (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (2006) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Big Films (2006) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky (2006) (Bulgaria) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky (2006) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky (2006) (Romania) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• EcoFilmes (2006) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Eureka (2006) (Korea) (theatrical)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2006) (Thailand) (theatrical)
• Notro Films (2006) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Paris Films (2006) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Passworld (2006) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Phars (2006) (Saudi Arabia) (theatrical) (Middle East)
• Prisvídeo (2007) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Rapi Films (2006) (Indonesia) (theatrical)
• Soyuz Video (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Style Jam (2006) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Suraya Film Productions (2006) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• Suraya Film Productions (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Suraya Film Productions (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 37th Street Releasing
• Blue Sky Media (2006) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Bonzo FX
• Image Film Digital

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA | Spain | UK

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Spain:15 | USA:R | Italy:T | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Carmona, Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Valentia Pictures

Trivia:

The title of the film is a term used in quantum electrodynamics (QED).

Quotes:

Tolstoy:According to legend we live on the threshold of hell, but in reality it is much more than just legend. It is said that man defied God when out of vanity he longed to build temples so high they touched the heavens and reached the ages.

A different kind of film

I must say the movie is highly under-rated in IMDb. We are not looking here for a typical FBI Thriller or a romantic plot. It is a discovery of a legend by Sergei and this leads to so many discoveries. Although the movie is mostly set in dark and closed alleys, but it was well shot and actually depicts the real feeling as if you are inside that place as defined in the plot.

It is a 'different' kind of a movie and it is actually very nicely done. The story has been treated well.

The Sister tried to protect the kids from daemons that lived at higher levels... and I presume all the kids and the sister died of hunger... But what was not clear is why would children (shadows of daemons) kill people who would come down... Well maybe because all of them had to sacrifice their lives and die of hunger.